Comments Thread For: Cotto, Froch Shone Brightest in 2014’s First Half

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By Lyle Fitzsimmons - Some weeks are easy. And some weeks are far harder.

Welcome, this week, to one that’s decidedly of the latter flavor.

Now that the calendar year has flipped past the halfway point and into July, it’s time take to take the annual mid-year look at how far off I was when making my annual pre-year predictions six months ago.

As it turns out, for 2014 I was way, waaaaaaaaaaay off.

And while I’m somewhat comforted in knowing that many of my colleagues – especially those of the self-labeled “expert” variety – are no more accurate in January than the common house plant, it still hurts a little bit to go back to my own January picks and realize I’m about as on target as fertilizer, too.

Nonetheless, we’ll press on with the recap.

The subsequent paragraphs will break down each of my pre-2014 picks by category, then re-label each category with the winner I would choose now that half the year has indeed unfolded.

Get it? If so, on we go.

If not, well… don’t worry, you’ll probably catch on eventually.

COMEBACK OF THE YEAR
January prediction: Victor Ortiz
July reality: Miguel Cotto

We might as well start out with the ugliest one first, no?

Thanks in part to the confidence shown in him by Showtime and after his return to mainstream recognition with a several-week stint on Dancing With the Stars, I was clearly among those who believed Victor Ortiz would regain past ring status – starting with a downing of Luis Collazo and followed by a would-be title win over Carlos Molina. [Click Here To Read More]

[LouIE G]

I agree with the headline...great performances by both cotto and froch....though i feel cotto's win was more meaningful then froches in my opinion!

[LouIE G]

By Lyle Fitzsimmons - Some weeks are easy. And some weeks are far harder.

Welcome, this week, to one that’s decidedly of the latter flavor.

Now that the calendar year has flipped past the halfway point and into July, it’s time take to take the annual mid-year look at how far off I was when making my annual pre-year predictions six months ago.

As it turns out, for 2014 I was way, waaaaaaaaaaay off.

And while I’m somewhat comforted in knowing that many of my colleagues – especially those of the self-labeled “expert” variety – are no more accurate in January than the common house plant, it still hurts a little bit to go back to my own January picks and realize I’m about as on target as fertilizer, too.

Nonetheless, we’ll press on with the recap.

The subsequent paragraphs will break down each of my pre-2014 picks by category, then re-label each category with the winner I would choose now that half the year has indeed unfolded.

Get it? If so, on we go.

If not, well… don’t worry, you’ll probably catch on eventually.

COMEBACK OF THE YEAR
January prediction: Victor Ortiz
July reality: Miguel Cotto

We might as well start out with the ugliest one first, no?

Thanks in part to the confidence shown in him by Showtime and after his return to mainstream recognition with a several-week stint on Dancing With the Stars, I was clearly among those who believed Victor Ortiz would regain past ring status – starting with a downing of Luis Collazo and followed by a would-be title win over Carlos Molina. [Click Here To Read More]

Man crawford vs gamboa is the fight of the year so far they went to war in a fight i thought would be a very cautious affair... and i mean algieri pretty much shocked the world, i didn't even say he would win but said he would surprise alot of people with his performance, who would of thought he would of pulled it off!! Algieri is deserving of the "UPSET OF THE YEAR, FROM EVERY BOXING PUBLISHMENT MAGAZINE OR AWARDS THERE IS!

[-Lowkey-]

Terrible predictions Mayweather to KO Maidana, Bradley to beat Pac, Victor Ortiz for comeback of the year.

[Slyboots]

That Victor Ortiz prediction . Otherwise, I quite enjoyed the article.